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Lucas Timberlake

Full Stack Fintech Investor & Advisor | VC, PE, Private Credit |

New York City Metropolitan Area

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder & General Partner

    2016

    Fintech Ventures Fund ("FVF") is a hyperfocused investment firm supporting founders building businesses with banking/capital markets, lending, and insurance use cases, by structuring customized early-stage debt and equity financing solutions. Follow-on strategic investors in FVF's portfolio companies include Amazon, Apollo, Blackstone, Credit Suisse, Google, Jefferies, and KKR. Our 20 portfolio companies have also raised venture capital/growth equity from Drive Capital, Edison Partners, Goodwater Capital, M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund), Montage Ventures, Slow Ventures, and SoftBank. Acquirers of FVF portfolio companies include Neuberger Berman, Visa, and Vouch Insurance. Select Portfolio: - battleface/Robin Assist - GROUNDFLOOR - Instantor (Acquired by Tink/Visa) - IOU Financial (Acquired by Neuberger Berman) - Kredit - Marble (Acquired by the Zebra) - Momnt - Pull Logic - Quera Computing - Startsure (acquired by Vouch Insurance) - Vero Technologies - Vint

  • Guest Lecturer - Entrepreneurial Law

    2022

  • Strategic Advisor - US GTM Lead

    2024

    - AI/Financial Services-focused software development firm

  • Lead Investor (acquired by Neuberger Berman)

    2016

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2024

    - Publicly traded on TSX prior to acquisition by Neuberger Berman - Member of HR/Compensation Committee

  • Seed Round Co-Lead Investor

    2020

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2024

  • Series A Lead Investor

    2015

    - Also extended asset-backed credit facility

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2024

2020

  • Seed Round Lead Investor

    2020

    - Also structured company's first asset-backed credit facility

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2023

2021

  • Seed Investor

    2021

2021 - 2025

  • Pre-Seed Lead Investor (Acquired by Vouch Insurance)

    2021 - 2025

2016 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2021